45 ACP primer sizes???

[Major Tom]

Like JOEM said, I scrap the SP cases. Why worry about it?

[emmagee1917]

It's about the money , that's all , follow the money .
You have a line of " better , safer " indoor ammo . You use a totally copper cased round and a special primer mix to create less lead in the air.
It begins to catch on in your 38spl and 9MM product line .
You want to add .45 loads into your mix .
To add a separate " green" LP line into your mix will cost you "X" amout of dollars .
To add SP sized .45 cases into your mix will add "Y" dollars to doing your business.
The "Y" amount is far less than the "X" amount while giving you the increased sales of the new product AND makes your existing SP green production line more efficent as production on that increases due to greater production for the .45 .
Could they have MADE a green LP primer ? Of course they could have , but that's not the point .
The info did not come from one place , you have to get the dots and then connect them.
Chris

[S.B.]

Again, where are you getting this info from? Do you work for an ammo manufacturer that does this? Who, exactly, are you referring to? Which company?
Steve

[Tuna]

It was Winchester that started it and as Chris said it was cheaper to use the small pistol primers already in use then to start using the compound without lead in the large pistol line. Note the normal large pistol primers were still in use in the larger caliber rounds like the .44's and .45 long Colt. It was a great propaganda move too just to try and increase sales and it went along with the TMJ bullets so no lead when fired indoors. That is really all it was for the no lead indoors.

[Parashooter]

Again, where are you getting this info from? Do you work for an ammo manufacturer that does this? Who, exactly, are you referring to? Which company?
Steve

It's elementary logic, working back from the anomaly of small-pistol primers found where we expect large-pistol - "get the dots and then connect them."

[PhillipM]

emagee1917, how are SPP greener than LPP? I personally, don't see the logic in your statement? IIRC, I was taught in lead abatement class lead poisoning only effects children under the age of 8(for the most part). How many children 8 or younger do you see on indoor ranges? By the way where did you get this information from?
Steve

If I shot at an indoor range with any frequency, I'd get tested.

Massad Ayoob - "I'd rather forage food in a toxic waste dump than regularly shoot an indoor range."

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